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The state of having a normal healthy mind
Innate intelligence
“You are a voice of sense and reason in a sea of inanity.”
Plural for a faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus
“His research confirms the long-held belief that fear in animals is connected to their keen sense of smell.”
Plural for a specific meaning
“Events could not, in the strongest sense of that expression, have gone any differently than they, in fact, have gone.”
Plural for a reasonable or comprehensible rationale
“I cannot see the sense of going on a diet based purely on bananas.”
Plural for a feeling that something is the case
“There was a sense of optimism among the citizenry following the president's speech.”
Plural for a keen intuitive awareness of or sensitivity to the presence or importance of something
“As a drummer, he was expected to have a keen sense of time and tempo.”
To perceive information through one's senses
“Despite her deadpan expression, I could sense that she was overjoyed.”
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